Bale-tie



No. 608,840. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

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FRED II. DANIELS, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BALE TlE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,840, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed April 18, 1898. Serial No. 678,024. [No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED I-I. DANIELS, of IVorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Bale-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire bale-ties in which the clasp is provided with a pinchingangle and is made separate from the bandwire, and more particularly to that class of such ties in which the clasp is made of wire larger or thicker than that of the band.

My improvement will be first described by reference to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and will then be more particularly pointed out in the claim.

The drawing represents a perspective view of my improved clasp and a portion of the band-wire connected thereto.

A is the band-wire, and B is the clasp, made of wire larger than the band-wire. The general contour of the finished clasp or, rather, of the eye of the clasp is not materially different from that of other known clasps which are provided with a pinching-angle, such as shown at b in the drawing.

Wherein the device differs from other baleties heretofore used or known is that the legs or ends of the clasp are crossed, the smaller band-wire is eyed around these ends at the points where they cross one another, and the free ends of the larger wire beyond the point of crossing extend along and on each side of the band-Wire for a distance sufficient to prevent the latter from lateral deflection and to hold it in straight line with the gripping device.

The free crossed ends of the clasp are let tered Z). The point at which they cross one another is lettered 12 The band-wire is'secured to the clasp at this point by having its ends eyed or looped around the crossed legs or ends of the clasp, as indicated at a. Beyond this point b the legs or ends I) of the clasp are bent so as to be practically parallel with one another and at such distance apart as to permit the band-wire to pass be tween them.

If desired, the legs of the clasp at the point where they cross one another can be indented one into the other by pressure or can be welded or otherwise secured together.

This, however, is a nicety rather than a necessity. I have found that the legs when simply crossed and then bound or encircled at the point of crossing by the band-wire, as shown in the drawing, will hold securely and without liability to slip in the eye of the smaller bandwire.

That I claim herein as new and of myown invention is A bale-tie consisting of the band-wire, and the clasp made of larger wire than the band and having its legs or free ends crossed, the band-wire being eyed or looped around the legs of the clasp at their point of crossing, and the legs beyond this point being extended alongside of the band-wire which is received between them, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of April, 1898. FRED I-I. DANIELS. Witnesses:

GEORGE T. DEWEY, CORNELIUS E. TERRY. 

